Washington Post: U.N. seeks aid for 4 million uprooted Iraqis

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"The United Nations' refugee agency on Tuesday appealed for international aid for nearly 4 million Iraqis driven from their homes by conflict, and for those sheltering them inside and outside Iraq.

About 2 million Iraqis have fled to Syria and Jordan, whose governments are struggling "without any meaningful support from outside," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said at the start of a two-day international conference.

Another 1.9 million Iraqis are uprooted within their homeland, racked by insurgency and sectarian violence."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041700485.html

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